Social structure, mating system and sexual dispersal pattern of a wild population of black-tufted capuchin (Cebus nigritus), at Carlos Botelho State Park/PECB, São Paulo

• Grant number: 09/51589-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: January 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Patrícia Izar Mauro
• Grantee: Patrícia Izar Mauro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Psicologia (IP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project aims to analyse the influence of kinship and dominance relationships on the social structure and the mating system of primates. In addition, the sexual dispersal pattern will be described, since it influences kin relationships within the social group. In order to do that, we intend to: 1) analyse the sexual dispersal pattern of a wild population of Cebus nigritus through genetic data; 2) analyse the relationship between male dominance and reproductive success in two social groups of Cebus nigritus; 3) examine the effect of kinship on the social relationships, and, consequently, on the social structure. This research will be conducted at Carlos Botelho State Park (PECB), in the municipality of São Miguel Arcanjo, in southwest of São Paulo State. Scan sampling, focal animal and all occurrences methods will be conducted to record the behaviour of C. nigritus in the study groups. To access to the kin relationships, paternity and maternity among the individuals, microsatellite markers will be employed and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FALOTICO, TIAGO; MENDONCA-FURTADO, OLIVIA; FOGACA, MARIANA DUTRA; TOKUDA, MARCOS; OTTONI, EDUARDO B.; VERDERANE, MICHELE P.. Wild robust capuchin monkey interactions with sympatric primates. PRIMATES, v. 62, n. 4, p. 659-666, JUL 2021. (06/07187-5, 14/04818-0, 09/51589-9)

TOKUDA, MARCOS; MARTINS, MILENE M.; IZAR, PATRICIA. Socio-genetic correlates of unbiased sex dispersal in a population of black capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus). ACTA ETHOLOGICA, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1-11, FEB 2018. (09/51589-9)

TOKUDA, M.; MARTINS, M. M.; IZAR, P.. Transferability of microsatellites for studies on the social behavior of the tufted capuchin monkey (genus Sapajus). Genetics and Molecular Research, v. 13, n. 4, p. 9910-9914, 2014. (09/51589-9)

IZAR, PATRICIA; FERNANDEZ-BOLANOS, MARCELO; SEEX, LAUREN; GORT, GERRIT; SUSCKE, PRISCILA; TOKUDA, MARCOS; MENDONCA-FURTADO, OLIVIA; VERDERANE, MICHELE P.; HEMELRIJK, CHARLOTTE K.. Female emancipation in a male dominant, sexually dimorphic primate under natural conditions. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 4, APR 19 2021. (14/13237-1, 10/51455-0, 10/51252-1, 09/51589-9)